IN-VEHICLE HANDSFREE APPARATUS

• US 20120149441A1
• Filed: 02/23/2012
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Saito, Soichi, Hamanishi, Hiroyasu
• Granted Patent: US 8,255,007 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241

Abstract

An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus connects a handsfree profile (HFP) with a cellular phone, and then connects a service discovery profile (SDF) with the cellular phone to thereby designate a compliance state of the cellular phone with respect to a phone book access profile (PBAP) as a PBAP compliance flag. Then, when a user performs an operation to require an all item transfer to transfer all items of phone book data registered in the cellular phone, the handsfree apparatus refers to the PBAP compliance flag to thereby select and connect either the PBAP or an object push profile (OPP) with the cellular phone.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus comprising:

a first phone book data transfer protocol connecting section configured to connect a first phone book data transfer protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol for executing a phone book data transfer from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus without need of a user'"'"'s operation to the cellular phone;

a second phone book data transfer protocol connecting section configured to connect a second phone book data transfer protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the second phone book data transfer protocol for executing a phone book data transfer from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus with need of a user'"'"'s operation to the cellular phone;

a handsfree protocol connecting section configured to connect a handsfree communication protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the handsfree communication protocol for executing a handsfree communication using the cellular phone;

a function query protocol connecting section configured to connect a function query protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the function query protocol for asking a compliance state relative to a phone book data transfer protocol of the cellular phone; and

a control section configured,

when connecting the handsfree communication protocol with a cellular phone using the handsfree protocol connecting section,

to connect a function query protocol with the cellular phone using the function query protocol connecting section and store a function query response, which is notified by the cellular phone, in a storage section,

the control section being further configured,

when the user performs an operation to require a phone book data transfer using the operation section,

to refer to the function query response of the cellular phone stored in the storage section, and select one of the first phone book data transfer protocol and the second phone book data transfer protocol to thereby execute the phone book data transfer from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus using the one of the first phone book data transfer protocol and the second phone book data transfer protocol.

2. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

the control section being further configured,

when the user performs, using the operation section, an operation to require an addition transfer, which regards as a transfer target a part of phone book data registered in the cellular phone,

to execute the addition transfer of the part of phone book data from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus by using the second phone book data transfer protocol.

3. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

the control section being further configured:

when being notified that the cellular phone is compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol before a predetermined time elapses since the function query protocol is connected with the cellular phone by the function query protocol connecting section,

to store, in the storage section, information indicating that the cellular phone is compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol; and

when not being notified that the cellular phone is compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol before the predetermined time elapses since the function query protocol is connected with the cellular phone by the function query protocol connecting section, or when the predetermined time elapses without being notified that the cellular phone is compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol,

to store, in the storage section, information indicating that the cellular phone is not compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol.

4. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

the control section being further configured:

when being notified that the cellular phone is not compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol before a predetermined time elapses since the function query protocol is connected with the cellular phone by the function query protocol connecting section,

to store, in the storage section, information indicating that the cellular phone is not compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol; and

when not being notified that the cellular phone is not compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol before a predetermined time elapses since the function query protocol is connected with the cellular phone by the function query protocol connecting section, or when the predetermined time elapses without being notified that the cellular phone is not compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol,

to store, in the storage section, information indicating that the cellular phone is compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol.

5. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

the control section being further configured,

when the storage section stores information indicating that the cellular phone is compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol,

to connect the first phone book data transfer protocol with the cellular phone using the first phone book data transfer protocol connecting section even if the user does not perform an operation to require a phone book data transfer using the operation section.

6. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

the control section being further configured,

while the handsfree communication protocol is being connected with the cellular phone using the handsfree protocol connecting section,

to connect the function query protocol with the cellular phone using the function query protocol connecting section and store the function query response, which is notified by the cellular phone, in the storage section.

7. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1,

the control section being further configured,

after connecting the handsfree communication with the cellular phone using the handsfree protocol connecting section,

to connect the function query protocol with the cellular phone using the function query protocol connecting section and store the function query response, which is notified by the cellular phone, in the storage section.

8. An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus comprising:

a first phone book data transfer protocol connecting section configured to connect a first phone book data transfer protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the first phone book data transfer protocol for executing a phone book data transfer from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus without need of a user'"'"'s operation to the cellular phone;

a second phone book data transfer protocol connecting section configured to connect a second phone book data transfer protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the second phone book data transfer protocol for executing a phone book data transfer from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus with need of a user'"'"'s operation to the cellular phone;

a handsfree protocol connecting section configured to connect a handsfree communication protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the handsfree communication protocol for executing a handsfree communication using the cellular phone;

a function query protocol connecting section configured to connect a function query protocol with a cellular phone compliant with the function query protocol for asking a compliance state relative to a phone book data transfer protocol of the cellular phone; and

a control section configured,

when connecting the handsfree communication protocol with a cellular phone using the handsfree protocol connecting section,

to connect a function query protocol with the cellular phone using the function query protocol connecting section and store a function query response, which is notified by the cellular phone, in a storage section,

the control section being further configured,

when the user performs an operation to require a phone book data transfer using the operation section,

to refer to the function query response of the cellular phone stored in the storage section, and execute the phone book transfer from the cellular phone to the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus using the first phone book data transfer protocol out of the first phone book data transfer protocol and the second phone book data transfer protocol.